Pentagon condemns 'truly disturbing' Chinese missile tests in South China Seae

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Source: CNBC

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon this week slammed the continued Chinese militarization of the South China Sea on the heels of a CNBC and NBC News report that Beijing was conducting anti-ship ballistic missile tests in the disputed waters.

“Of course the Pentagon was aware of the Chinese missile launch from the man-made structures in the South China Sea near the Spratly Islands,” Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Dave Eastburn wrote in an emailed statement in response to CNBC and NBC News’ inquiry about the tests.

“What’s truly disturbing about this act is that it’s in direct contradiction to President Xi’s statement in the Rose Garden in 2015 when he pledged to the U.S., the Asia-Pacific region, and the world, that he would not militarize those man-made outposts, ” Eastburn added.

Over the weekend, the Chinese carried out an anti-ship ballistic missile test and fired at least one missile into the South China Sea, according to a U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to discuss the sensitive intelligence. The window for testing remains open until Wednesday, and the official was expecting the Chinese military to test again before it closes.

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[PSPS]

1. Quit your whining and deal with important things, like getting tanks on the streets of Washington.

[yaesu]

2. Oh hell, this country lost any hope of being taken serious, china can tell us to go f' ourselves

and there isn't a damn thing we can do about it.

[CentralMass]

3. Is all Xi Jinping has to do is to write tRump a nice letter.